2001 · Week 15

Final

Eagles

Philadelphia

QB Donovan McNabb

3·13

49ers

San Francisco

QB Jeff Garcia

3Com Park · outdoors · grass · 51°F · wind 8mph

Closing spread

SF -3

Total

40

Model margin

+5.2est.

SF perspective

Push chance

7.4%est.

the line sits on a key number

Win probability

  • 49ers
  • Eagles

How each play moved the game.

49ers winsEagles wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Eaglesedge map49ers
  • -0.036EPA / play+0.097
  • 39.2%Success rate45.1%
  • +0.031EPA / dropback+0.174
  • -0.151EPA / rush-0.001
  • 8.6%Explosive rate9.2%
  • 31.5%Third-down rate44.9%
  • 56.0%Red-zone TD rate69.0%
  • 1.34Points / drive1.93
  • 2.2%Turnover rate1.8%
  • -0.115EPA / play allowed-0.061

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

PHI lead 9–7 since 1999

SF have won 2 straight. Meetings average 46.6 points. SF are 7-9 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsSF @ PHI23–19SF
2023 · W13SF @ PHI42–19SF
2022 · playoffsSF @ PHI7–31PHI
2021 · W2SF @ PHI17–11SF
2020 · W4PHI @ SF25–20PHI
2017 · W8SF @ PHI10–33PHI
2014 · W4PHI @ SF21–26SF
2011 · W4SF @ PHI24–23SF

Possession by possession

How it unfolded

Every drive: who had the ball, how far it went, how it ended, and the score as it settled.

Drive-by-drive log
BallStartPlaysYardsResultPHI–SF
SFQ1 15:00516Punt0–0
PHIQ1 11:55313Punt0–0
SFQ1 9:4337Punt0–0
PHIQ1 7:391385Field goal3–0
SFQ2 14:51522Punt3–0
PHIQ2 11:48632Punt3–0
SFQ2 8:5445Punt3–0
PHIQ2 7:043-1Punt3–0
SFQ2 6:051062Field goal3–3
PHIQ2 1:44527Punt3–3
PHIQ3 15:0039Punt3–3
SFQ3 13:1833Punt3–3
PHIQ3 12:13633Punt3–3
SFQ3 9:531566Field goal3–6
PHIQ3 0:351064Turnover3–6
SFQ4 10:43956Touchdown3–13
PHIQ4 6:52721Punt3–13
SFQ4 4:0339Punt3–13
PHIQ4 2:1849Turnover on downs3–13
SFQ4 0:582-2End of half3–13

Box score

Individual performances

Eagles

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Donovan McNabb23/3423201

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Duce Staley15352.30
Donovan McNabb5316.20
Correll Buckhalter2136.50

49ers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jeff Garcia14/2413610

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Garrison Hearst17724.20
Kevan Barlow6254.20
Jeff Garcia6193.20

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line +33.5%6.4%7.4%3.2%4.9%3.3%3.0%

Positive margins favour 49ers; negative favour Eagles.

Half-point at risk

7.44%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

62.8%

Expected total

44.8est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)+2.63
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+5.19